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East Midlands STEM PartnershipEmployment, learning and skills
A dynamic, flexible and skilled workforce helps businesses to thrive and individuals to maintain their employability. The East Midlands is characterised by a combination of high employment and a predominance of jobs demanding low skills and paying low wages.
emda has run a series of initiatives designed to raise business demand for skills, support training providers to rise to the challenge of meeting the demands of the region’s changing economy and help people improve their skills.
emda's strategic role in skills
The future growth and success of the region’s businesses depends on people having the right skills and opportunities to enter and progress through the workforce.
All Regional Development Agencies were tasked with producing a Skills Priorities Statement (SPS) that captured skills priorities for the 2011/12 academic year. It provided an overview of skills required to support economic recovery and growth, covered all skills levels from age 16 upwards and had a strong local and sectoral focus.
Following a series of short discussion sessions in each county over the summer 2010, we completed the SPS for the East Midlands. This was submitted to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Related document:
The East Midlands Skills Priorities Statement (EMSPS), 2011-2012
Annex 3: Evidence Base for the East Midlands Skills Priorities Statement
A Toolkit for Assessing Local Skills Demand and Supply
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Partnership
The East Midlands STEM Partnership has shared ideas, knowledge and best practice through: Biannual forum events, featuring guest speakers and workshops; Bimonthly teleconferences; and creating Impact Teams helping the Partnership identify areas for improvement. They also run the STEM students journalist programme.
The website, www.emstempartnership.org.uk has provided ideas for boosting STEM education and keeping up with the latest developments.
STEM Project (Space Academy)
Space is a subject that so often provokes inspiration and wonder in young people and the Space Academy couples these in a programme that addresses the needs of business and industry. The UK has a thriving space industry and world-leading expertise in space science and climate change modelling.
For further information on any Space Academy event go to www.spacecentre.co.uk
Career Chain
Career Chain project has offered redundancy and redeployment support for engineers and construction professionals within the East Midlands. It provides specialist careers advice and guidance, CV development support, interview skills training and job search support as well as a vacancy matching service specially developed to help bring together engineers and construction professionals with employers seeking to recruit within the region.
www.careerchain.org.uk
Innovative Workplaces
Ten companies have nominated members of staff who will become part of the Work Organisation network, learning about successful change and developing new ways of working. This will be supported by tailored management and leadership training, mentoring support and a nominated Acas facilitator who will help them to identify which areas of the organisation require change and support them in implementing a successful action plan to see the change through to a successful conclusion.
http://www.acas.org.uk/eastmidlands
Learning through Work
Learning through Work is specially designed to meet the needs of both the employee and the employer. It allows businesses to develop the skills of their staff at a higher level through relevant work-based projects, which are validated by a university. emda funding ensured that the Learning through Work became available across the East Midlands. www.learningthroughwork.org
HotProspects – The East Midlands Graduate Recruitment Service
HotProspects supports graduates applying for jobs, particularly those studying in the local universities, and regional businesses looking to employ graduates from across the UK. The project combines the simplicity of a website with the quality of a full-service recruitment agency, allowing for a low cost but high quality service, with minimal risk attached for clients.
www.hotprospects.org.uk/
Your Future East Midlands
This website has provided information and advice to help people to make informed choices about courses and qualifications. People can also find out what qualifications they need for the career they wish to pursue. www.yourfuture-eastmidlands.co.uk
The Graduate Talent Pool
Graduate Talent Pool is a national graduate internship programme. It is part of a package of measures to support graduates to improve their employability skills and support business at the same time. The site provides information for both graduates and employers. graduatetalentpool.dius.gov.uk
Internships
In the East Midlands, many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are running schemes to:
- Help businesses in the region use the skills of new graduates and post-graduates for short term internships, lasting from 3 weeks to 12 months
- Place new graduates and post-graduates who are looking for an internship opportunity in the East Midlands.
Visit the links below to find out more:
- De Montfort University
- University of Derby:
graduates or employers - University of Leicester:
graduates or employers - Loughborough University:
graduates or employers - The University of Northampton:
graduates or employers - The University of Nottingham
- Nottingham Trent University
- New College Nottingham
- University of Lincoln
- The Open University
- Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln.